Revealed: Trio of Man City kids Manuel Pellegrini believes are ready for the first team

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 28: Manu Garcia of Manchester City during the Capital One Cup fourth round match at the Etihad Stadium on October 28, 2015 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Michael Steele/Getty Images)

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Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini may have received some criticism for not unleashing more of the club's young talents on the big stage.

But the Blues boss has highlighted a trio of young players he feels can make their first-team mark.

Pellegrini has given bench places to a crop of youngsters nurtured at the club's CFA hot house - as well as using teenage ace Patrick Roberts, dtrafted in from Fulham in the summer.

Striker Kelechi Iheanacho has been the highlight of that group while Roberts and Manu Garcia have also seen glimpses of action.

But many City fans are keen to witness more.

And while Pellegrini has been cautious about throwing his boy Blues into the fray, he is positive that a number will make the first-team grade.

He said: "We had a lot of young players because we have a lot of players injured.

"We have in the EDS squad very good players that I hope that, maybe not most of them, but an important amount of them, can play in the first team maybe in the next years.

"In this moment we have, I think, two or three players very useful for the team, and at the right moment I will give them the option, such as Kelechi, as Manu Garcia, as Patrick Roberts, but I think that of course they will have the moment."